'Contact the colleague or family member requesting by phone or other reliable means, speak to them in person if at all possible. 'Any purportedly important communication, particularly requesting money or purchases should be verifiable by other means before taking action. 'Following links is likely to lead to a spoofed website, which may well be a complete copy of the genuine website, and the loss of your genuine log in credentials,' Wearn told MailOnline. Microsoft Outlook's Twitter account is yet to comment on the matter, although it is replying to individual users asking them to send a direct message for more information.Ī Microsoft spokesperson later told MailOnline: 'We have resolved an issue that impacted some users with an increase in spam in their inbox.'Ĭarl Wearn, head of threat intelligence analysis at IT security company Mimecast, said Outlook users should be wary of all emails received, especially if they contain links or are claim to be from someone they know. Meanwhile said he was 'close to quitting Outlook', adding: 'The amount of junk mail I'm getting these days is absurd.'Īnd who describes himself as a Microsoft fanboy, simply said: 'Outlook spam filter is garbage.'Īnother asked Microsoft to 'turn the junk filter back on' and claimed they were 'drowning in spam'.Īccording to one user based in California, they were averaging about 50 junk emails in their inbox every hour. Use this information to target folders from which to manually clear out email messages.Another Twitter said: 'Hi Why am I now (overnight) getting spam in my inbox which was previously going to my junk folder?' Have a look at which folders have the largest size.While viewing your mail in Outlook, right-click the email address in the left pane and choose “ Data File Properties“.Once you have deleted any unwanted items, be sure to empty the “ Deleted Items” folder by right-clicking it and selecting “ Empty Folder“. From the “ Advanced Find” screen, you can delete any unwanted items. The wizard searches for messages that meet your search criteria.Personally, I try to find items larger than 250 kilobytes, then select “ Find…“. From the “ Mailbox Cleanup” screen, you can choose to “ Find items older than” a certain number of days, or “ Find items larger than” a certain size.Go to “ File” > “ Cleanup Tools” > “ Mailbox cleanup“.This feature is not available in the macOS version.
Note: These steps are for the Windows version of Outlook. Of course, it’s best to keep things tidy and clean out some of the things you’ll never need. To clean out your mailbox, follow these steps.
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